Catholic Connection – March 25, 2024 – Hr 2

Author: Andrew Kruczek Published on: March 25, 2024 Published in: Audio Archive

Fr. Tad Pacholczyk is back to discuss the latest Diocesan statements and policies on transgenderism. Megan Griffin cheers a Texas law that will shield kids from pornography. Gail Buckley has our Bible verse of the week.

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Segment 1 – Intro & News

Segment 2 & 3 – Diocesan statements and policies on transgenderism
AOD: The Good News About God’s Plan: A Pastoral Letter on the Challenges of Gender Identity

Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk currently serves as Senior Ethicist at the NCBC. A priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, he has given several hundred presentations and participated in debates and roundtables on contemporary medical ethics and bioethics throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Fr. Pacholczyk has degrees in philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology, and chemistry. He later earned a PhD in neuroscience from Yale University, where he focused on cloning genes for neurotransmitter transporters which are expressed in the brain.

Segment 4 – Texas Law Shields Kids from Pornography
“The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) said that minors in Texas will be better protected from pornography exposure now that a federal appeals court upheld a law requiring pornography websites to verify their users are adults. In response, Pornhub blocked access to its site from Texas users.” Read more here.

Megan Griffin is a Public Policy Analyst at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE).

Segment 5 – Bible Verse of the Week
Teresa and Gail talk about Luke 1:26-27 – “In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.”